ke.phi.rah is used as the name of a city, listed among cities and among groups identified with it.

The term is consistently a proper noun for a city: it occurs in lists of cities in Joshua 9:17 and Joshua 18:26, and in Ezra 2:25 and Nehemiah 7:29 within groups named alongside Kiriath-jearim and Beeroth.

1. City name in lists and group designations · dominant

   The supplied form is tagged Noun · Proper in every occurrence. In Joshua 9:17 the APB renders it within the list of cities reached by Israel, and in Joshua 18:26 within another city list; Ezra 2:25 and Nehemiah 7:29 place it in parallel group designations with Kiriath-jearim and Beeroth.

   Joshua 9:17Joshua 18:26Ezra 2:25Nehemiah 7:29

In the Anselm Project Bible: Across all four verses, the APB presents the term as “Chephirah,” either in city lists or in group designations. These renderings confirm the verse context rather than isolate an English equivalent.